Evil in return
By: Elena Forbes
Publisher: Quercus
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9780857380487; 9781849161879
Subjects: Sam Donovan (Fictitious character); Police; Mark Tartaglia (Fictitious character); Crimes against; English Authors; Murder; Investigation; Fiction
Description: "Bestselling novelist Joe Logan walks out into a hot summer's evening in central London. The next day his body is found dumped in a disused Victorian crypt at the Brompton Cemetery. It was no ordinary murder - he'd been tied up, shot and castrated. Detective Inspector Mark Tartaglia is convinced that Logan's personal life holds the key to his violent death, but unravelling his past proves difficult. Following the overnight success of his debut novel, Logan had become a recluse. Was Logan just publicity shy or did he have something to hide? Then the body of a second man is found in an old boathouse on the Thames - killed in an identical fashion. Can Tartaglia find the link between the two dead men before the killer strikes again? As he soon discovers, nothing in life or death is straightforward ..."--Publisher description.